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CNN’s Chalian: Trump ‘looked like a third-grader’ in Fox interview

President Trump "looked like a third grader" trying to “squirm out of a lie" when asked about his wiretapping claims during a Fox News interview, CNN's political director said Thursday.

David Chalian, who oversees political coverage across all of CNN platforms, spoke on-air Thursday after the Senate Intelligence Committee announced it saw no evidence of Trump’s accusation.

“Yesterday on Fox he was still trying to worm his way out of the lie about wiretapping on that word,” Chailan said. “Saying you’re going to see in next couple weeks — something’s gonna come out — saying surveillance more broadly. They say no!”

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Trump was interviewed by Fox’s Tucker Carlson on Wednesday night, where he faced questioning about his tweets earlier this month accusing President Obama of “wiretapping” Trump Tower during the campaign. Trump has yet to provide evidence.

Chalian said Trump should retract his claim and apologize to Obama if he can’t show proof.

Chalian joined CNN in 2013. He had previously been fired from Yahoo News in 2012 after criticizing Republicans for moving ahead with the Republican National Convention in Tampa during a major hurricane slamming the Gulf Coast.

"They’re not concerned at all," Chalian said on a hot mic, as first reported by then-Politico reporter Dylan Byers. "They’re happy to have a party with black people drowning."

Chalian was immediately terminated for the remark after the audio was made public. He joined CNN the following year to be the executive producer of a rebooted "Crossfire" before being promoted to political director.